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May 4, 2021 Byromville - Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock speaks to supporters at JibbÕs Vineyard in Byromville on Tuesday, May 4, 2021. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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A firefighter shines a flashlight at far left as they search a building after a partial collapse, Thursday, June 24, 2021, in the Surfside area of Miami, Fla. A partial building collapse in Miami caused a massive response early Thursday from Miami Dade Fire Rescue, according to a tweet from the department's account. Miami Dade Fire Rescue is conducting search and rescue. Authorities had no word yet on casualties, or details of how many people lived in the building. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

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June 23, 2021 Atlanta - Atlanta Hawks fans react as they watch Atlanta Hawks playing Eastern Conference Final against Milwaukee Bucks at Hudson Grille in downtown Atlanta on Wednesday, June 23, 2021. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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210617-Suwanee-Gwinnett County Board of Education Superintendent J. Alvin Wilbanks, left, talks with Marshall Boutwell before a meeting of the board of education Thursday evening, June 17, 2021. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

IN-DEPTH: Group that accredits metro Atlanta schools operates under public’s radar

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Superintendent Lisa Herring, left, talks with Kevin Maxwell while they tour the renovated David T. Howard Middle School in August 2020. Maxwell was the principal of Howard Middle School until his recent promotion to assistant superintendent for innovation, improvement, and redesign. STEVE SCHAEFER/AJC FILE PHOTO

Atlanta Public Schools superintendent names four to leadership roles

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50 years ago, Atlanta’s gay rights push took to street for first time

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2006
James Gathany

Captured by James Gathany, Centers for Disease Control's biomedical photographer, this 2006 image depicted the exterior of the new "Tom Harkin Global Communications Center", otherwise known as Building 19, located on the organization's Roybal Campus in Atlanta, Georgia. The facility houses the CDC's Information Center/Library, auditoria and meeting halls, which are used to accommodate in-house staff meetings, and national/international conferences hosted by the CDC, and the National Center for Health Marketing's, Division of Creative Services, which includes a full service television broadcast facility.

The exhibit area currently features the <i>"Global Symphony"</i>, the first of several permanently installed exhibitions, and changing exhibitions that focus on a variety of public health topics. The exhibits in the Center are self-guided, and require no advance reservations. Additional curriculum-based exhibits and programming will be added in the future.<p><u>Tom Harkin Global Communications Center Exhibit Area Centers for Disease Control and Prevention</u><p>- 1600 Clifton Road, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30333<p>- Hours: Monday Friday, 9 am 5 pm, except for federal holidays Admission is free<p>- Government-issue photo ID is required for entry. Please note that CDC is a working federal facility and as such does not provide public tours of its campus and laboratories.<p>- For more information please call 404-639-0830.

CDC panel: Benefits of COVID-19 vaccines outweigh risks

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Atlanta police are on the lookout for an “armed and dangerous” man who allegedly shot a Daytona Beach, Florida, officer in the head Wednesday night.
Othal Wallace, 29, may be traveling in a gray 2016 Honda CRV, according to Daytona Beach Police. The vehicle has California plates with tag number 7TNX532, according to multiple news outlets. (Daytona Police Department)

Atlanta police on lookout for suspect accused of shooting Daytona officer

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Traffic returning to metro Atlanta toll lanes

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Rundown hotels could become apartments in Peachtree Corners

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A man was killed in a shooting Thursday morning at an apartment complex on Vanira Avenue, according to Channel 2 Action News.

Woman detained after argument ends in deadly shooting in Peoplestown

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OPINION: When Georgia names permanent chancellor, it shouldn’t be Sonny Perdue

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Bobby Holley, noted Atlanta chef, dies at 59

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Man dead in ‘targeted’ Old Fourth Ward shooting, police say

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Nation & State

Atlanta police are on the lookout for an “armed and dangerous” man who allegedly shot a Daytona Beach, Florida, officer in the head Wednesday night.
Othal Wallace, 29, may be traveling in a gray 2016 Honda CRV, according to Daytona Beach Police. The vehicle has California plates with tag number 7TNX532, according to multiple news outlets. (Daytona Police Department)

Atlanta police on lookout for suspect accused of shooting Daytona officer

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Elton John adds dates to final tour, including stadium show in Atlanta

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Georgia woman pleads guilty in stabbing death of boyfriend

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40 percent increase in sexual assault hotline calls following ‘Surviving R. Kelly Part II’

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FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2021 file photo, Fulton County Georgia elections workers process absentee ballots for the Senate runoff election in Atlanta. Reports from an independent monitor who observed election operations in Georgia's most populous county during the 2020 election cycle detail tense encounters with party election monitors. (AP Photo/Ben Gray, File)

The Jolt: Michigan GOP report debunks election fraud claims, even in Georgia27m ago

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., second from left, speaks accompanied by Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., left, Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., before a key test vote on the For the People Act, a sweeping bill that would overhaul the election system and voting rights, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 22, 2021. The bill failed to get the 60 votes needed to advance. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Opinion: Did Democrats try to do too much in election overhaul bill?

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The White House has announced a five-point strategy for combatting nationwide gun violence which carves a specific role for Atlanta. President Joe Biden, pictured at an October campaign rally in Warm Springs, believes gun violence is a public health epidemic, senior administration officials said. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

Biden administration announces strategy, funding to combat gun violence

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Gov. Brian Kemp and Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms have had a rocky relationship lately.

OPINION: Can the Brian Kemp, Keisha Lance Bottoms relationship be saved?

Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., joins the Democratic leadership to speak with reporters before a key test vote on the For the People Act, a sweeping bill that would overhaul the election system and voting rights, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 22, 2021. The bill is a top priority for Democrats seeking to ensure access to the polls and mail in ballots, but it is opposed by Republicans as a federal overreach. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate Republicans try to weaponize Warnock’s support for voting overhaul

FILE - In this Dec. 22, 2020, file photo Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks during a news conference on vaccines for COVID-19 at Emory Health Care in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

Georgia governor to end public health state of emergency on July 1

Former President Donald Trump has paid attorneys' fees to two metro Atlanta counties in a lawsuit that sought to overturn the presidential election in Georgia. (File photo by Yuri Gripas/Abaca Press/TNS)

Cobb, DeKalb recover legal costs in Trump election lawsuit

From left, Democratic Senate candidates Jon Ossoff and the Rev. Raphael Warnock wave after a campaign event with President-elect Joe Biden in Atlanta on Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. Their wins in runoff elections Tuesday gave Democrats control of the Senate. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)

The Jolt: Warnock and Ossoff prep new voting bill to blunt Georgia’s election law

Clayton Sheriff Victor Hill has been indicted for allegedly denying four jail inmates of their constitutional rights with the illegal use of a restraining chair. He was suspended by Gov. Brian Kemp earlier this month. An attorney for the Clayton Sheriff's Office has written a letter to Kemp asking that he reverse that decision.

Clayton County sheriff’s attorney asks Kemp to reinstate Victor Hill

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210617-Suwanee-Gwinnett County Board of Education Superintendent J. Alvin Wilbanks, left, talks with Marshall Boutwell before a meeting of the board of education Thursday evening, June 17, 2021. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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Superintendent Lisa Herring, left, talks with Kevin Maxwell while they tour the renovated David T. Howard Middle School in August 2020. Maxwell was the principal of Howard Middle School until his recent promotion to assistant superintendent for innovation, improvement, and redesign. STEVE SCHAEFER/AJC FILE PHOTO

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June 23, 2021 Atlanta - Atlanta Hawks fans react as they watch Atlanta Hawks playing Eastern Conference Final against Milwaukee Bucks at Hudson Grille in downtown Atlanta on Wednesday, June 23, 2021. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Cobb County is creating a new cyber security team after spammers emailed hundreds of county employees and briefly got access to the county’s system in June, according to a county spokesman.

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Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms makes remarks during a COVID-19 vaccine mobilization rally at Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, June 18, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

Atlanta mayor calls Fulton sheriff’s latest jail request ‘perplexing’

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Local animal shelters at capacity, offering free adoptions through Sunday

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2006
James Gathany

Captured by James Gathany, Centers for Disease Control's biomedical photographer, this 2006 image depicted the exterior of the new "Tom Harkin Global Communications Center", otherwise known as Building 19, located on the organization's Roybal Campus in Atlanta, Georgia. The facility houses the CDC's Information Center/Library, auditoria and meeting halls, which are used to accommodate in-house staff meetings, and national/international conferences hosted by the CDC, and the National Center for Health Marketing's, Division of Creative Services, which includes a full service television broadcast facility.

The exhibit area currently features the <i>"Global Symphony"</i>, the first of several permanently installed exhibitions, and changing exhibitions that focus on a variety of public health topics. The exhibits in the Center are self-guided, and require no advance reservations. Additional curriculum-based exhibits and programming will be added in the future.<p><u>Tom Harkin Global Communications Center Exhibit Area Centers for Disease Control and Prevention</u><p>- 1600 Clifton Road, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30333<p>- Hours: Monday Friday, 9 am 5 pm, except for federal holidays Admission is free<p>- Government-issue photo ID is required for entry. Please note that CDC is a working federal facility and as such does not provide public tours of its campus and laboratories.<p>- For more information please call 404-639-0830.

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Former Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney Jackie Johnson is the focus of a grand jury investigation. The scope of the review is unclear. AJC 2013 file photo.

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A presentation is made to board members of the Development Authority of Fulton County during a meeting in August 2019 at the Fulton County Government Center in Atlanta. School leaders and the city’s development authority want Fulton County to stop handing out tax breaks to development projects located in the city. (Photo by Phil Skinner)

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Fulton County commissioners are scrutinizing per diem payments by the county's development authority. (Rebecca Wright for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Hawks guard Trae Young watches his shot drop against Milwaukee Bucks defender Giannis Antetokounmpo during the fourth quarter of Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals Wednesday, June 23, 2021, in Milwaukee. (Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com)

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Braves will use bullpen game Thursday

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Atlanta Hawks Trae Young (left) and John Collins celebrate after beating the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 1 of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals on Wednesday, June 23, 2021, in Milwaukee. “Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com”

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Atlanta Hawks' Clint Capela and Milwaukee Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo go after a loose ball during the second half of Game 1 of the NBA Eastern Conference basketball finals game Wednesday, June 23, 2021, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

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Atlanta Hawks Trae Young (left) and John Collins celebrate after beating the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 1 of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals on Wednesday, June 23, 2021, in Milwaukee. “Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com”

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